The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-01-27
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
synspsis Of the Prseselisss q tho Gsasts sa1
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SENATE.
Sir. Wards 20 O ution !hat 4 co,nE:;ttce OF
nrsc bn appointed to secure suitable rooms
,or tl:e senate. having due regard to room
and ventilation, was referred to tho COM
mittee on retrenchment and reform Mr.
Chapman introduced joint memorial re-
questing congress to pass the pension acts
recon mended by the national pension COM
mittee of the G. A. r. also urging the PASS
age OF bill to provide pensic>s fof soldiers
from the time or their disability, notwlth-
standing the provisions of the pension act
Of 1879, which limits the time for which
pensions can be drawn from the date Of tls
application: It was referred to the commit
tee on soldiers' home.
The committee on agriculture reported fl.
vorably oh the bill relating to the state uni-
verstty and separating the agricultural COL
lege therefrom. The judiciary committee
reported favorably on Mi. Goodrich's amend
consent at eighteen years MI. Durant's
bill making legal holidays in the state was
amended by inserting Good Friday, and
recommended to pass. Mr.: Keller's bill 70
lating to private banks using corporate
taking effect Jan. 1, 1883, and recommended
to pass The fishway bill was reported IA
vorably. A substitute for the bill relating to
tailOrs' fees for keeping prisoners for coun-
ties which have no Jail was reported and
adopted. The substitute makes it the duty
The committee on soldiers home reported
favorably on the bill to bury INDECENT soldiers
at the expense Of the state, and also
the bill to prevent persons from
unlawfully using the badge Of the q: A R.
ably ON the bill relating to the Dyke claims
1t was referred to the committee of the
whole. A substitute for the bill to reimburse
settlers for defending suits brought by rail-
road companies to recover lands WAS re-
v1des that attorneys fees only shall be paid
by the state. The committee on retrench-
ment and reform reported that Capt Castle
had appeared before the committee and
made statement of the net receipts of the Oil
1851 s9i iss sss 1885,
SO 500; 1886, $1O,041. The committee
bill was referred back to Senator Daniels for
amendment
The committee on finance reported the
bill for holding agricultural institutes back
to the committee on agriculture and the bill
for furnishing Alexander's digest of Mime
sofa reports to the judiciary committee with
the request that when the bill be passed
mittee; the committee also reported IN ia
vor Of the passage of the bills fixing the sal
afy of the adjutant general at $4,000 and
providing for the publication of school laws
Report adopted
Donnelly's bill for the correction Of cleo
ton abuses, introduced yesterday, pro-
hibits all railroad corporations from import
ing large gangs of men for voting purposes
into election districts. This law so changes
the present one, which forbids temporary
residents from voting, that railroad con-
struction hands are designated as temporary
and cannot vote. This provision operates
in harmony with Mr. Mattson's bill, which
proposes to amend the constitution so that
instead of ten days voter must reside in a
district thirty days before he can vote. Dom
nellys bill provides also that split tickets
shall have q heading, as @mixed ticket" so
that voters may not be deceived 1t says
also that cities of 10000 inhabitants and
over shall not have more than 500 voters in
an election district. For voting purposes
the city shall provide two rooms, the main
one to hold the judges, and the other an
ante-roOm. through which, before voting,
the freebooter passes alone, selecting there
from files prepared his ticket, placing it in
an envelope and then putting it in the ballot
box himself. This provision, Mr. Donnelly
believes, would prevent bribery and intimi-
dation at the polls, and ensure to every man
the right to vote rs he pleased